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Died. 29 February 1656. Poland. Father. Christian IV of Denmark. Mother. Kirsten Munk. Valdemar Christian of Schleswig-Holstein ( Danish: Valdemar Christian til Slesvig og Holsten; 1622–29 February 1656) was the son of king Christian IV of Denmark and his morganatic spouse Kirsten Munk. He had the title Count of Schleswig-Holstein .
Valdemar III Abelsøn was Duke of Schleswig from 1253 until his death in 1257.
Elisabeth (c. 1274– before 1306), married to Valdemar IV, Duke of Schleswig; John II (c. 1275–22 April 1321) Eric I (1280/1282–1359/1361) Albert III (c. 1281–October 1308) Sophia (died on 13 December 1319), prioress in Plötzkau; John I resigned in 1282 in favour of his three minor sons Eric I, John II and Albert III.
Here he acted as a pretender waiting for a comeback. Following the assassination of Count Gerhard III by Niels Ebbesen and his brothers, Valdemar was proclaimed King of Denmark at the Viborg Assembly ( landsting) on St Hans Day, 24 June 1340 led by Niels Ebbesen. By his marriage with Helvig, the daughter of Eric II, Duke of Schleswig, and with ...
Valdemar IV Eriksøn (born c. 1262, died 1312) was Duke of Schleswig from 1283 until his death in 1312. He was the eldest son of Duke Eric I of Schleswig and Margaret of Rugia. Early life At the death of his father Duke Eric I in 1272, Valdemar was only about 10 years old.
Valdemar IV Atterdag (the epithet meaning "Return of the Day"), or Waldemar (1320 – 24 October 1375) was King of Denmark from 1340 to 1375. He is mostly known for his reunion of Denmark after the bankruptcy and mortgaging of the country to finance wars under previous rulers.
Only in 1283, at a meeting of the Danehof in the city of Vordingborg, did the Danish magnates force King Eric to install Valdemar as duke. In 1284 he granted city rights to the city of Flensburg. Duke of Schleswig and conflict with the King. However, Valdemar was not content and also claimed the island of Als, as well as the Crown lands of ...
